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. >>> congress and the president are also dealing with the issue of gun control. yesterday the president met with 13 law enforcement leaders. mr. obama is pressing for a ban on assault weapons and limits on high-capacity ammunition magazines. the law enforcement officials pressed the need for tighter background checks and a better mental health system. the president says he hopes congress is listening. >> hopefully if law enforcement officials who are dealing with this stuff every single day can come to some basic consensus in terms of steps that we need to take congress is going to be paying attention to them and will be able to make progress. >> mr. obama admits he'll have a hard time winning broad support for a ban on assault weapons. >>> the boy scouts of america is considering a big change -- dropping its policy of excluding gays as scouts as scoutmasters. gay rights groups are applauding the possible change, but the final decision would be left to individual chapters. >> reporter: the boy scouts had reaffirmed its policy excluding gays just last year. pressu
. >>> congress and the president are also dealing with the issue of gun control. yesterday the president met with 13 law enforcement leaders. mr. obama is pressing for a ban on assault weapons and limits on high-capacity ammunition magazines. the law enforcement officials pressed the need for tighter background checks and a better mental health system. the president says he hopes congress is listening. >> hopefully if law enforcement officials who are dealing with this stuff...
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so tricky, president obama is expected to issue few, if any, ultimatums when he speaks in las vegas today. the gang of eight unveiled their first step toward an agreement yesterday. conservatives not happy with it. rejecting it as a form of amnesty. house lawmakers said to be working on a bipartisan plan of their own. white house correspondent brianna keilar looks at the immigration reform avenue solution on president obama's first and second terms. >> reporter: 2011, president obama went to el paso to press for comprehensive immigration reform. >> out of many, we define ourselves as a nation of immigrants. >> reporter: that went nowhere. now in a second term, the president is trying it again, heading to las vegas today to push for border security, a verification system for employers to ensure they hire documented workers with punishment if they don't. and the most significant and controversial part of the president's plan, a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. it includes regisring with the government. undergoing background checks, paying taxes and a penalty, and learning
so tricky, president obama is expected to issue few, if any, ultimatums when he speaks in las vegas today. the gang of eight unveiled their first step toward an agreement yesterday. conservatives not happy with it. rejecting it as a form of amnesty. house lawmakers said to be working on a bipartisan plan of their own. white house correspondent brianna keilar looks at the immigration reform avenue solution on president obama's first and second terms. >> reporter: 2011, president obama went...
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the president wasted no time tackling this issue in his second term. >> absolutely. if congress drags its feet on this one, the white house says they've got a plan ready to go. legislation that they can vote on now cording to the white house, what the president will outline during his speech in las vegas today is similar to what we heard from the four democrats and republicans. they're sort of framework for immigration yesterday. illegal immigrants getting to the back of the line but having to go through background checks, fines, taxes, learning english to get the opportunity to stay legally in this country. but conservatives say they want to see the border beefed up first. this time people here on capitol hill think it could happen because both sides are motivated. >> we're going to get pushback but most americans are saying enough already. let's get this fixed. >> we have to come to an agreement. we have to heat in the middle. that the mission of getting a bill done to strengthen america is more important than any of us clinging it a specific belief. >> that motiva
the president wasted no time tackling this issue in his second term. >> absolutely. if congress drags its feet on this one, the white house says they've got a plan ready to go. legislation that they can vote on now cording to the white house, what the president will outline during his speech in las vegas today is similar to what we heard from the four democrats and republicans. they're sort of framework for immigration yesterday. illegal immigrants getting to the back of the line but...
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he helped the obamas administration with said the project in the past four years. >> president obama is going to nevada. he felt oppressed the issue in his first four years and is now focusing on it and making it one of his first priorities in his second term. >> in 2011 president obama went to the border town of el paso to press for comprehensive immigration reform. >> out of many we define ourselves as a nation of immigrants. >> that went nowhere. now, in a second term the president is trying again. he is heading to nevada to push for border security and a verification system to verify employers are hiring document to workers with punishment if they did not. >> the most significant and controversial part a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. it includes registering with the government, undergoing background checks, paying taxes and the penalty, and learning english. >> a solution that has to live past president including george w. bush. >> legal immigration is one of the top concerns of the american people and congress's failure to act on it is a disappointment. >>
he helped the obamas administration with said the project in the past four years. >> president obama is going to nevada. he felt oppressed the issue in his first four years and is now focusing on it and making it one of his first priorities in his second term. >> in 2011 president obama went to the border town of el paso to press for comprehensive immigration reform. >> out of many we define ourselves as a nation of immigrants. >> that went nowhere. now, in a second term...
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he will be the coordinator for a sanctions policy and working on issues including iran and syria. >>> right now, president obama is on air force one heading to nevada where he will push his immigration reform message. as kyla campbell reports from washington, d.c., he's expected to press for more liberal policies. kyla? >> reporter: we just got off the phone with the white house. officials there tell us there are two key differences between the president's ideas and the legislation unveiled by the so- called gang of 8 bipartisan senators. the president wants more security for our borders. but he doesn't think that requirement should have to be met before the 11 million illegal immigrants begin obtaining residency. he wants provision for same-sex couples trying to become residents. the gang of 8 unveiled legislation yesterday. the group of democrats and republicans want the border security first and the path to citizenship second. they did not include same-sex rights with their plan. so the president could upset conservatives with his talk today. >> i'm hopeful. i've been hopeful for a
he will be the coordinator for a sanctions policy and working on issues including iran and syria. >>> right now, president obama is on air force one heading to nevada where he will push his immigration reform message. as kyla campbell reports from washington, d.c., he's expected to press for more liberal policies. kyla? >> reporter: we just got off the phone with the white house. officials there tell us there are two key differences between the president's ideas and the...
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it fit as pattern with not only the obama administration and mrs. clinton. she started her tenure going to china refusing to raise human rights issues but saying issues like climate change were too important so she couldn't raise human rights. this is norm with iran. refusing to raise any issue seriously with the government beyond the nuclear weapons program. martha: i wao point out the video people are seeing to the right of you is ev prison which is a notorious prison. the conditions we heard from the pastor's wife, up until now they were able to speak to him on the phone. his children were able to speak with him on the phone. his family in iran was able to visit with him once in a while. he is in a much more isolated part of the prison and that communication will be cut off completely. how would you as a senior state department advisor how would you advise the administration to try to deal with this subject? >> well the more publicity can be brought to this, the more pressure can be applied, the better. frankly dealing with dissidents, i would call this m
it fit as pattern with not only the obama administration and mrs. clinton. she started her tenure going to china refusing to raise human rights issues but saying issues like climate change were too important so she couldn't raise human rights. this is norm with iran. refusing to raise any issue seriously with the government beyond the nuclear weapons program. martha: i wao point out the video people are seeing to the right of you is ev prison which is a notorious prison. the conditions we heard...
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that's an issue that's been raised by the health care community. >> we take you back to the original sticking point. the president's proposals and what we're hearing from the bipartisan group in the senate. big difference, phrasing from senator mccain, prerequisite, to you have to have the secure border and vis-a-vie dick durbin, saying through a commission of folks watching the border, reinforcing security, et cetera. you have to have that in order to begin the pathway to citizen shup. do you agree that has to be an almost of t element of the plan? >> american people are sick of hearing about human trafficking, sex trafficking, drug trafficking, weapons trafficking. >> we have been hearing about this for so long. >> this is where some lessons should be learned. let's end illegalent trooe into the country, regardless of what the reason is. we have learned about some of the terrorist organizations that have encampments near our southern border and need to make certain we have secured that as tightly as we possible can. >> you will be sticking around with us for the rest of the show. w
that's an issue that's been raised by the health care community. >> we take you back to the original sticking point. the president's proposals and what we're hearing from the bipartisan group in the senate. big difference, phrasing from senator mccain, prerequisite, to you have to have the secure border and vis-a-vie dick durbin, saying through a commission of folks watching the border, reinforcing security, et cetera. you have to have that in order to begin the pathway to citizen shup....
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you're part of the obama team. this is a good opportunity for the american people to get a solid airing on the issues that you know, face us. nuclear iran. our troops in afghanistan. you mentioned the defense budget, missile defense. proliferation. all these issues. so i'm hoping that chuck hagel will be pressed by members of the senate on the senate armed services committee about these very important issues that affect us today. jon: presumably he has been asked those opinions on those issues by the president. the president wouldn't have picked him for the job if he didn't share the president's views? >> no argument there because that is why this is really important because there is lot to be concerned about the president's foreign policy. look at syria, 22 months, 62,000 deaths. we have had no effect on iran's movement towards a nuclear weapon. what about the rise of china? are we going to have the forces we need to make that pivot to china? i said in that pies in the "new york post" yesterday, are we getting a p
you're part of the obama team. this is a good opportunity for the american people to get a solid airing on the issues that you know, face us. nuclear iran. our troops in afghanistan. you mentioned the defense budget, missile defense. proliferation. all these issues. so i'm hoping that chuck hagel will be pressed by members of the senate on the senate armed services committee about these very important issues that affect us today. jon: presumably he has been asked those opinions on those issues...